This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Born on this day
1864 -	Australian poet and author, Banjo Paterson, is born. [more]
1934 -	Australian actor Barry Humphries, alias Dame Edna Everage, is born. [more]
Australian History
1846 -	Free Aborigines on Flinders Island in Bass Strait write a petition addressed to Queen Victoria concerning the mistreatment of indigenous people. [more]
1846 -	The colony of North Australia is proclaimed by Letters Patent. [more]
World History
1972 -	Production of the humble Volkswagen Beetle surpasses that of the Model T Ford. [more]
Special Days
1995 -	Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day. [more]